The End
The readers with good memory remember that the last chapter ended with a declaration of war against Savoy.
Here's the conclusion:
Burgundian troops marched into the savoyan county and started the siege of Dauphiné and Savoie.
They savoyans thought they could bribe the burgundian troops out of their duchy with a rather small sum in the end of January 1471 when Dauphiné fell to the duchys soldiers. Since the troops that sieged Savoy were chased away by milanese mercenaries, Savoy thought they could make peace now.
No way! They shall suffer for their ignorance.
The peace terms were harsh, very harsh.
Savoy had to give up the province of Dauphiné AND become a polite vassal under the duchy of Burgundy.
Charles was pleased, extremely pleased.
But he had not enjoyed this moment for long until things started happen.
The other duchys, states and countries of Europe was not happy with Burgundys expansion.
Now declarations of war started pouring in.
Dauphiné, Aragon, England, Connaught, Scotland, Leinster, Ulster, Wirtemberg, Bremen and the Palatinate were amassing their troops and marching towards the duchy.
In the middle of this madness, Charles was offered the realms of Guelders, what a perfect opportunity! From there, more troops could be forced into the fields.
However, the duchy was quickly losing provinces to their enemies, and it didn't help that alot of the french provinces were controlled by rebels!
The duchy was quickly falling apart, the former super-power, now brought to its knees.
Poor Charles took his life to end his embarassment, the people was sheltered from the fact that their glorious leader was dead.
The duchy never retook its former provinces and was merely a shadow of what it once was.
THE END
Perhaps another AAR will be written by me sometime, but at this moment it's far away, I have to much else to do at this moment, but someday perhaps...